Sacared Music By Frank Lewin
Frank Lewin (composer)
This recording of Frank Lewin's sacred music is the fourth in his series on Albany Records. Other recordings include an opera, a disc of song cycles, and a recording of music written for films and television documentaries. The major work on this offering is the Mass for the Dead, in English, which was written as a requiem for Robert F. Kennedy. As the composer states, "The impetus for writing this Mass for the Dead came as I stood on the platform at Princeton Junction, amid a crowd of silent onlookers, as the train bearing the body of Robert F. Kennedy slowly rolled by on its way from New York to Washington. Vatican Council II had recently decreed that services were to be conducted in the vernacular, and thus this requiem mass was set to English words. It was first performed during a memorial service for Kennedy a year after his death on May 27, 1969."
Track Listing
| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| Lord's Prayer | Frank Lewin | Nicolai Janitzky, baritone, Nancianne Parrella, organ |
| Psalm 148 | Frank Lewin | Yale Camerata, Marguerite Brooks, conductor, Nancianne Parrella, organ |
| Humn: Rockingham | Frank Lewin | Robert Conant, organ |
| Psalm 121 | Frank Lewin | Yale Camerata, Marguerite Brooks, conductor |
| Hymn: Nashville | Frank Lewin | Robert Conant, organ |
| Behold How Good | Frank Lewin | Yale Camerata, Marguerite Brooks, conductor |
| Hymn: Invitation | Frank Lewin | Robert Conant, organ |
| Psalm 137 | Frank Lewin | Yale Camerata, Marguerite Brooks, conductor, New SymphonyOrchestra, Rossen Milanov, conductor |
| Hymn: Consolation | Frank Lewin | Robert Conant, organ |
| Mass for the Dead, in English (Requiem for Robert F. Kennedy) | Frank Lewin | Princeton High School Choir, William Trego, conductor, Nancianne Parrella, organ, Sylvia Jones, soprano, Leo Goeke, tenor, Robert Oliver, baritone, Jayn Seigel, flute |
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